Reviews
The Matrix
Directed by Lana Wachowski and Lilly Wachowski · starring Rowan Witt, Keanu Reeves and Laurence Fishburne
- 4 from the press
- 8.5 · 101 votes
The Matrix: reviews
Reviews
8.5 101 votes
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What the critics say average 7.3 from 2 outlets
- 9.0 Los Angeles TimesKenneth Turan
A wildly cinematic futuristic thriller that is determined to overpower the imagination, 'The Matrix' combines traditional science-fiction premises with spanking new visual technology in a way that almost defies description.
Read - 5.5 Entertainment WeeklyLisa Schwarzbaum
A blast of Holly-Kong glitz that never approaches the stylistic cohesiveness of, say, John Woo's 'Face/Off' or the charisma of that film's propulsive star John Travolta.
Read - The Hollywood ReporterDavid Hunter
A technologically stunning movie that furthers the genre and features crowd-pleasing performances to go with the frequent scenes of gunplay and violence.
Read - VarietyTodd McCarthy
A must-see among genre fans, especially guys in their teens and 20s, for whom the script's pretentious mumbo-jumbo of undergraduate mythology, religious mysticism and technobabble could even be a plus rather than a dramatic liability.
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Questions about the reviews of The Matrix
- What score does The Matrix have?
- Readers give it 8.5 (101 votes). The critics, 7.3 on average from 2 reviews.
- What do the critics say about The Matrix?
- The highest score is Los Angeles Times’s (9.0) and the lowest Entertainment Weekly’s (5.5).